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Delegates attend a hearing at the International Court of Justice for a case brought by Sudan to the World Court demanding emergency measures against the UAE and accusing the Gulf state of violating obligations under the Genocide Convention by arming paramilitary forces, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

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World court dismisses Sudan's genocide case against UAE over alleged Darfur interference

Sudan had argued before the UN's top court last month that the UAE was violating the Genocide Convention by supporting paramilitary forces in Darfur, but the UAE said the case should be thrown...

Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

World+Biz

US backs Israel's ban on UNRWA Gaza aid operations at World Court

A general view of a building of United Nations' top court International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the court holds public hearings in an advisory opinion case, that may become a reference point in defining countries' legal obligations to fight climate change, in The Hague, Netherlands, December 2 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

Middle East

Israel's Gaza aid blockade contested in World Court hearings

Gambia Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara calls on Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka on 12 March 2025. Photo: PID

Bangladesh

Gambian FM calls on CA Yunus, discusses ICJ case against Myanmar

Yuji Iwasawa. File Photo: Collected

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ICJ elects Judge Yuji Iwasawa as new president

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Climate Change

Landmark climate case to open at top UN court

People sit inside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the day of the trial to hear a request for emergency measures by South Africa, who asked the court to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza and to desist from what South Africa says are genocidal acts committed against Palestinians during the war with Hamas in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen/File Photo

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Bolivia joins S Africa ICJ 'genocide' case against Israel

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Bangladesh

ICJ urged to hold India accountable for flooding in 11 districts

View of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ahead of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year accusing Israel of violating the Genocide Convention during its offensive against Palestinians in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands May 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Hamas-Israel war

Turkey will bid to join ICJ genocide case against Israel, source says

Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a military ceremony at the Military School of Cadets General Jose Maria Cordova in Bogota on May 31, 2024. Photo: AFP/Raul ARBOLEDA

Middle East

Colombia to suspend coal sales to Israel over Gaza war

Former Israeli Supreme Court President, Aharon Barak, accuses Palestinian Islamist group Hamas of crimes against humanity and calls for the international community to take action during a press conference together with some of the hostage's family in Tel Aviv, Israel November 3, 2023 Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

Hamas-Israel war

Israel's Barak quits ICJ panel, citing personal reasons

Amid Mexico's declaration, protesters rallied outside the Israeli embassy in Mexico City against atrocities in Rafah. Photo: Getty/file photo via The New Arab

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Mexico seeks to join genocide case against Israel amid protests at Israeli embassy

Mourners, including colleagues, carry the bodies of Palestinian journalists Mohammed Soboh and Saeed al-Taweel, who were killed when an Israeli missile hit a building while they were outside reporting, at a hospital in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. File Photo: REUTERS/Arafat Barbakh

Hamas-Israel war

Media watchdog files ICC case over journalists' deaths in Gaza